Fantasy Detective

Sid Jones and her best friend, Zen, like to play in their local graveyard—but they never expected their ghostly games to suddenly turn real. When Sid accidentally frees the spirit of Ezekiel “Bones” Kittow, a pirate who died nearly three hundred years prior, he asks her to help him find his long-lost treasure so his soul can finally be at rest. The only problem? He can’t remember where, or even what, the treasure is.

Detective Rita Hobbes thought she had put an end to Mr. Cotton and Mr. Spike’s reign of terror, but they’re back and more dangerous than ever. With Carlisle missing and a dark angel waiting to strike, can the hexed detective put a stop to the masked brothers once and for all, or will their evil spread beyond Blackpool and consume the whole of the Uncanny Kingdom?

Murder is a royal affair in this enchanting series by Sarah E. Burr. Welcome to the Realm of Virtues, where mystery and intrigue await. Before the Court of Mystery, Jacqueline Arienta Xavier reigned as the Ducal Detective.

Brynna “Brinnie” Lane has always lived a quiet life under the watchful eye of her hovering mother - until she’s sent off for the summer to live with an uncle she didn’t know she had. She soon finds that Wraithwood Estate, her uncle’s creepy old mansion, holds as many secrets as the man himself. When Brinnie is warned not to explore any of it, her curiosity only grows. As unnatural events take place and Brinnie hears whispers of a hidden war, she must unravel the truth about her family’s mysterious past if she wants to survive.

Tokito - Stadt aus Blut und Schatten. In der Megastadt Tokito herrscht das Gesetz der Clans. Nur wer für einen der sechs Clanfürsten arbeitet, hat die Chance zu überleben. Die rebellische Erin hat ihren Job beim Lotusclan verloren und ist nun schutzlos. Als sie auf der Straße verschleppt wird, lässt sie sich auf einen Deal mit einem Dämon ein, um ihr Leben zu retten. Der Dämon verleiht ihr übernatürliche Kraft, versucht aber auch, die Kontrolle über Erin zu erlangen.

Un fatídico viernes 13, el anticuario Reidar Folke Jespersen decide poner orden en su vida: se niega a vender el negocio familiar por una importante suma de dinero, contradiciendo así la opinión de sus hermanos; telefonea a casa del amante de su mujer, en el momento en que sabe que ambos están juntos, y le lanza un ultimátum; y, además, recibe la inesperada visita de una amiga especial a la que hacía tiempo que no veía…

Celeste Crenshaw has survived her parents’ grisly murders, grueling and gender-biased police training, a battle with rogue vampires, and even her own death. While immortality might seem a dream come true, can she accept the strings attached? Celeste spends the start of her immortal life being mentored by the Elders of the Hollow Earth. They release her once they feel certain Celeste has honed her supernatural powers. But little do they know, Celeste isn’t wholly committed to granting eternal life to those deserving.

As part of her devil’s bargain with the industrial steam barons, Evelina Cooper is finally enrolled in the Ladies’ College of London. However, she’s attending as the Gold King’s pet magician, handcuffed and forbidden contact with even her closest relation, the detective Sherlock Holmes. But Evelina’s problems are only part of a larger war. The Baskerville affair is finally coming to light, and the rebels are making their move to wrest power from the barons and restore it to Queen Victoria.

When a bomb goes off at 221B Baker Street, Evelina Cooper is thrown into her uncle Sherlock's world of mystery and murder. But just when she thought it was safe to return to the ballroom, old, new, and even dead enemies are clamoring for a place on her dance card. Before Evelina's even unpacked her gowns for a country house party, an indiscretion puts her in the power of the ruthless Gold King, who recruits her as his spy. He knows her disreputable past and exiles her to the rank alleyways of Whitechapel with orders to unmask his foe.

The story involves a huge diamond, the moonstone, originally stolen from an Indian shrine. The gem is given to an English girl on her 18th birthday but disappears that same night. What follows is a spellbinding mystery that to this day has the power to draw the listener into its world of danger, suspense, and surprise.

In a Victorian era ruled by a council of ruthless steam barons, mechanical power is the real monarch and sorcery the demon enemy of the Empire. Nevertheless, the most coveted weapon is magic that can run machines - something Evelina has secretly mastered. But rather than making her fortune, her special talents could mean death or an eternity as a guest of Her Majesty's secret laboratories. What's a polite young lady to do but mind her manners and pray she's never found out?

The Reinvented Detective presents stories that complicate law and order as well as the concept of criminals, detectives, punishment, and justice for all by showing how shifting technology, the rise of sentient AIs, and shifting social attitudes may affect what is not only acceptable, but expected, within both real world and digital communities—and everything in-between. These stories reinvent detective and true crime tropes, recasting them for the 21st century, and above all, experimenting, astonishing, and entertaining.

Wizards are being murdered. Picked off and torn to shreds. It’s up to a hexed detective to crack the case. Detective Rita Hobbes has been cursed; erased from everyday reality and cast adrift in a world of magic and monsters. To the workaday world, Rita is a forgotten memory, which raises the question, what will she do with the rest of her life now? It’s only when the savaged body of a dead wizard is wheeled into the local morgue that Rita gets the answer to her question. She’s going to do what she always does. She’s going to be a detective.

Ever since Jake became a ghost he’s made a career out of solving London’s grisliest murders and helping fellow phantoms pass on to the other side. This case is about to lead him into some unfamiliar territory though.... Some very unfamiliar territory. The person Jake’s helping this time has already passed on, and when he did, he went south. A Faustian pact landed Jake’s client in Hell, and the only way to get him home is to perform an inter-dimensional jailbreak. Rescuing a lost soul from damnation promises to be the most dangerous undertaking of Jake’s career.

When Jake Fletcher died and became a ghost, he began a new life as a spectral detective - a phantom PI who helps the police solve cases beyond mortal comprehension. But when dead people start murdering the locals, even Jake is stumped. Jake soon learns that someone is reviving corpses and using them as assassins, but what twisted game is the puppet master is playing? Can Jake solve the riddle and bring the killer to justice, or is London about to be turned into a zombie bloodbath?

As an irregular, Alicia Banks has always been special, even if she couldn't figure out how. That was, until a chance meeting with a superhero dropped her headfirst on the path of self-discovery. In one fell swoop, Alicia learned that magic was real and being a descendant of Circe meant that she was primed to learn. Would it be possible to balance a normal life while learning magic? More importantly, would this finally give Alicia the purpose that she lacked?

Having mastered the power of the Board of Air, Jenna travels to Jerusalem to find the Board of Water. She is accompanied by Simon Monk, who seeks the Boards on behalf of the Vatican. Jenna doesn’t trust Simon, but he’s her only source of information about the Boards. In Jerusalem, Jenna meets Saduj, a local guide who claims he can help them find the Board they seek. Simon is suspicious, but Jenna finds herself strangely attracted to Saduj. Jenna must find the Board before it awakens and causes unimaginable destruction.

Shadowseer: London (book one) tells the story of Kaia, 17, an orphan coming of age in the Victorian London of the 1850s. Kaia yearns to escape her horrific orphanage, to discover who her parents were, and to understand why she can sense shadows when others cannot. Yet the streets of London are as brutal as the orphanage, and for Kaia, there is no easy way out.

Die Zwillinge Myles und Beckett Fowl führen ein sorgenfreies und etwas langweiliges Leben auf einer idyllischen irischen Insel. Der Rest der berühmt berüchtigten Familie Fowl ist abwesend, das elektronische Abwehrsystem Nanni beaufsichtigt die beiden. Die beiden Brüder könnten unterschiedlicher nicht sein. Während Myles am liebsten geniale elektronische Geräte entwickelt, ist Beckett den ganzen Tag in der Natur und spricht mit Pflanzen und Tieren. Der alternde Bösewicht Lord Teddy Bleedham-Drye ist vom Jungsein besessen.

When a brutal threat takes over Vagabond Circus, everyone seeks refuge away from the big top. Finley knows he has to protect the circus he’s grown to love - and its people. But to do that he’ll have to further scar his soul. Jack is relentless to take back what was stolen from him, but in the process he becomes someone he never expected. And this acrobat, who once stole the hearts of millions, accidentally steals a heart he didn’t expect.